Family Relationships Practice Profiles
The Australian Family Relationships Clearinghouse (AFRC) is developing a collection of profiles on family relationships practices. By providing this collection the Clearinghouse aims to improve understanding of family and relationship issues and responses to these issues. |
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| 426 Club [submitted August 2007] |
The 426 Club is a support group for children aged between 8-12 yrs who have experienced domestic violence & are displaying behavioural problems at home, school or in the community. |
| Bfriend Project [submitted August 2007] |
Bfriend aims to support people who are newly identifying as same sex attracted (ssa), lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender/transsexual or who are exploring their sexual identity outside the heterosexual or questioning their gender identity. |
| Children’s Safety in Cyberspace new [submitted February 2008] |
A session aimed at providing parents with an understanding of, and the benefits of the technology their children are using, as well as strategies for connecting with their children to support them in using the technology and for managing the risks of the technology. |
| Chinese Learning Discovery Program new [submitted February 2008] |
A program run weekly for kindergarten children whose aim is to introduce Chinese culture to the staff and children at a children's centre and to the wider community. |
| Cultural X Change Project new [submitted February 2008] |
A project to improve the relationships with specific target communities identified as being underrepresented in their use of Mensline. The primary target groups identified were Indigenous Men, Arabic Men, Vietnamese Men and Young Men aged 18-25. |
| Explicit Affective Practice new [submitted February 2008] |
A whole of agency approach for staff and practice delivery to clients, based on the World Wide 'Restorative Justice Movement'. |
| Families of Offenders Resource Kit (FORK) [submitted August 2007] |
FORK focuses on early intervention for "at risk" children of prisoners and their families. |
| Family Transitions Triple P - Positive Parenting after Divorce [submitted August 2007] |
A 12 week group program aimed at preventing negative outcomes for children following their parent’s divorce. |
| ‘Having Healthy Relationships’ Program - Relationship Education Schools Partnership new [submitted February 2008] |
A package of service delivery components whose aim is to enhance the family’s capacity for sustaining strong, positive and stable relationships, achieve effective transitions/changes in their relationships and manage relationship difficulties. It targets the needs of students, parents/carers and staff. |
| Hey Dad! - For Fathers who have a Child with a Disability Program [submitted December 2007] |
A new parenting group work program for fathers who are parenting a child with a disability – physical, emotional or developmental. |
| Living with your Teen [submitted August 2007] |
Workshops which aim to provide an exchange of ideas and present researched ideas on aspects of parents and teenagers. |
| Mediationlab [submitted September 2007] |
Communication conflict management and dispute resolution. |
| Set Me Free [submitted September 2007] |
A personal development and empowerment course. |
| Strength To Strength (STS) new [submitted February 2008] |
A family relationships program for humanitarian entrant families living in Western metropolitan Sydney. STS assists humanitarian entrant families around relationships through a variety of interventions ranging from workshops to intensive family therapy. |
| The Working with Men Kit [submitted December 2007] |
This program is especially designed to support organisations that work with men and family relationships. It provides a variety of resources for establishing a male-friendly environment and also psychoeducational group work programs for men. |
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